Your blog articles are always insightful, incisive, comprehensive by looking at the issue from different viewpoints and undoubtedly well researched. I have read every one of them and will miss your temporary absence.

Hello BhanteIt's Lorna from Darwin. The young Vietnamese nun came to see you recently, not knowing you were away and I'll be in Sing in Dec/Jan on my way to and from a wedding in Mumbai. So hope the trip went well and hope to see you.

About Me

I am not the 5th or 9th reincarnation of a great lama, I have not recived any empowerments or initiations, I am not the holder of any lineage, I am yet to attain any of the jhanas, I am not a widely respected teacher, I am not a stream enterer (at least I don't feel like one)and I do not have many disciples. Nontheless, you may find some of my observations and musings interesting. I have been a Buddhist monk for 32 years and am the spiritual advisor to the Buddha Dhamma Mandala Society in Singapore.